Meeting Kate’s children wasn’t something Charlotte ever thought she would be doing soon, but there she was, getting to know Kiki and Kyle, Kate’s four-year old daughter and son. “I’ve heard so much about you,” Kiki said, beaming from ear to ear. “Me too,” Kyle said, not wanting his sister to be the center of attention. “Mom tells us about you every single day. I can’t believe you’re here.” Charlotte smiled at them and hugged them again. She didn’t let the fact that her sister always talked about her make her forget what she had done. After all, she could have said anything, whether good or bad. “It’s so nice to see you too,” she beamed. “You’re both so big.” The children chuckled. “It’s cos dad lets us eat junk when mom isn’t looking,” Kiki said. “Don’t tattle or else mom won’t let us anymore,” Kyle attacked his sister. “Alright that’s enough,” their father said, speaking for the first time since he got to the house. “Let’s get you both settled in.” While they left,
“He’s not answering. I have to do something,” Charlotte said, standing up with an uneasy expression on her face. “Hey, relax. There’s probably a reasonable explanation,” Kate said to calm her sister down. “Reasonable explanation? Xavier would never ignore my calls on purpose. I’m sure she planned for him to end up in her house, Kate. All of this.” Charlotte sighed and started to pace from one area in the living room to the next. “She could have just removed the post I made of Caleb from my page without me knowing, but she showed up first to threaten me so that we would all know she was behind it. She wanted him to confront her and now that he’s there, he’s suddenly not answering. This is no coincidence, Kate and there’s no reasonable explanation. I have to go there and do something.” “Calm down, Charlotte. We have to think. Maybe what you said is true, but showing up at her house is not really going to solve anything. What do you even think happened?” “She could have him tied
“Ma’am, this is private property. You’re not permitted to be here,” the security guarding the gate to Laura’s house informed Charlotte and her sister when they tried to get into the compound. “My husband is in there. I want to see him!” Charlotte announced and tried to push her way through forcefully, but the man held her back. “You can’t come in unless you have an appointment with Mrs Roman,” he said. “If you don’t, you can just go home and do whatever it is you women do.” Charlotte’s brow shot up in question as she shared a look with her sister. “Mrs Roman?” She repeated to be sure she had heard right. “I’m Mrs Roman.” “Well, so is the lady of the house,” the guard said with a bored expression. “So the b*tch never changed her last name, huh,” Kate said with a click of her tongue. “This makes things a hundred times worse.” “Look, my husband is in there and he hasn’t been answering his calls. I know he’s there because he told me and all of a sudden, he hasn’t answ
“How is he doctor?” Charlotte asked the doctor who had been in the ward Xavier was rushed to. He sighed and adjusted his glasses, making Charlotte’s heart beat in fright. “You’re lucky you brought him when you did,” he said. “The drug overdose may have damaged his organs or even gone to his brain.” A chill ran down her spine. “Is it okay if I ask you some questions?” She nodded. “Do you have any idea how those drugs could have entered his system?” He asked. “She drugged him. Laura, his ex wife,” she said with a small voice, uncomfortable because she had to answer these questions again. “I see,” the man said and scribbled something in a notepad. “It has come to my knowledge that this ex wife of his was also brought to this hospital. Is that correct ?” “Yes,” she said quickly. She wanted to know how soon her husband could be cured, not talk about the same woman who had put his life in danger. “If she was the person that drugged him, why then did she have more traces of it in
“So you’re saying my husband and this woman poisoned themselves on purpose just so they can be on the news?” Charlotte asked in disbelief. “The public is already obsessed with him. Even when he breathes, news outlets all over the world post about it!” “I’m not saying anything,” the doctor argued, raising his hands in surrender. “I was just giving my opinion…” “Well your opinion is stupid,” Charlotte said without thinking. But it wasn’t as if she even regretted it. “Excuse me?” “What’s the point of what you’re saying?” Charlotte pressed. “My husband is in the hospital in critical care at the verge of losing an organ and you’re here telling me, his grieving wife that this is all a PR stunt? What kind of doctor are you? If this how you practice medicine, I wonder how you still have your license.” The man’s eye widened momentarily as the looming threat hung in the air. Someone like Charlotte, with the power and connections she had from simply being married to Xavier could get his lic
“Xavier,” she whispered as tears filled her eyes. His heart rate was fortunately normal according to the heart rate monitor above him and his chest was heaving slowly, so that meant he was breathing fine on his own. “Charlotte,” Xavier whispered, opening his eyes. “Xav…,” she muttered, looking at him carefully. “Are you okay? How do you feel?” “Better now that you’re here,” he said with a smile as he tried to sit up. “No, stay…” “Relax. I’m not in any pain,” he assured her. “I’ve just been close to unconscious for so long because of all the drugs. How are you?” She sighed. “You asked me to call the police before you passed out and I did, but now they’re acting like my confession is ridiculous. Somehow they believe this is all a PR stunt you and Laura pulled to stay in the public eye.” Xavier began to laugh, making Charlotte puzzled. “Why are you laughing?” She asked. “I wouldn’t have expected any different.” “Then why did you ask me to call them?” “So that when I com
“What did you just say?” It was Charlotte who asked the question with loud voice that made the doctor flinch. He cleared his throat. “I just asked him a question to make sure…” “Make sure about what? What sort of insensitive human being are you? You’re seriously saying my husband would poison himself on purpose?” “That’s the same claim you’re making about Mrs Laura as well if I’m not mistaken,” the doctor quipped. “And let’s not forget it was an aphrodisiac. They may have both agreed to take it on purpose and accidentally took too much. And now he has seen the mess it has caused, he’s trying to pin it all on her. At least that’s what the police are saying.” Charlotte shook her head and almost charged, but Xavier held her back. “I can assure you that didn’t happen,” Xavier said with a calm voice. “Although, I must admit that theory does make sense.” The door opened and the two officers who Charlotte thought had gone for good came through it. “We’ll continue the ques
Charlotte blinked twice before laughing drily and screaming h into her hands. Kate rubbed her back, understanding her sister’s reaction to the news of the return of her ex-husband, who was responsible for more than half of her predicament. “Who told you?” Charlotte asked. “I overheard on of the officers say it before they entered the ward some minutes ago.” “Maybe that’s why they asked me to leave the ward,” Charlotte thought to herself. “You know what, he’s not my problem right now,” she sniffled. “I have so much on my plate right now, but since he was dumb enough to return now, he’ll definitely be dealt with in due time. I mean, if the police were talking about him, then that means they’re on his case. Though at this point with everything that has happened with them, I’m not sure if that’s good or bad for us.” “There’s something I want to ask, Charlie.” “What is it?” Kate sighed. “Isn’t Carlos his bodyguard? Why wasn’t he around when this happened? And why isn’t here n